Need a moving company in Live Oak that shows up on time and sticks to the price? Local Live Oak crews with 13+ years of experience handle local moves, long distance moves, packing, and commercial relocations across every Live Oak neighborhood and the surrounding San Antonio metro.
Your Live Oak price can go up when a move has:
Two hour minimum on every Live Oak local move, plus travel time from our San Antonio office. Moves over 50 miles are priced flat, not by the hour. Interest-free financing through Wisetack: 0% APR, soft credit pull, no fees. A 2.5% fee applies to final balances paid by card.
| Home size | Crew | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or one bedroom | 2 Movers | $150 / hr |
| Large one to three bedrooms | 3 Movers | $210 / hr |
| Three to four bedrooms | 4 Movers | $300 / hr |
| Five bedrooms or specialty jobs | 5 Movers | $368 / hr |
Moving from Live Oak to Houston, Dallas, or out of state? Our long distance movers start your trip right off I-35 and Loop 1604, with one flat price in writing before load day. Military families near Randolph get the same clear pricing and a crew that knows PCS timelines. Whenever the route allows, the same Evolution crew that loads your Live Oak home drives the truck to your new one.
Long Distance Movers
Busy schedules make packing hard, so let our team handle it for your Live Oak home. We bring new boxes, packing paper, tape, and wardrobe cartons, wrap dishes and decor with care, and label every box by room. Pick full packing, a few rooms, or fragile items only. Families with a PCS report date like having the whole house packed in a day, and we can unpack at the new place too.
Packing Services
Live Oak offices, clinics, and shops near The Forum and along Loop 1604 can move without losing business days. We schedule around your hours with night and weekend crews, tag desks, files, and equipment by room, and set up the new space so your team can get right back to work. One coordinator handles every step, so you are never chasing answers during the move.
Commercial Movers
Pianos, gun safes, treadmills, and pool tables need the right gear and a careful crew. Our movers bring piano boards, padded straps, and enough hands for each piece, and we measure doorways and stairs in your Live Oak home before move day. Two-story homes with tight turns at the top of the stairs are common here, so we plan the path first and protect walls and floors as we go.
Piano Movers
Doing a DIY move from Live Oak with a rental truck or PODS container? Book our labor only crew for the loading and unloading. We bring dollies, moving pads, and straps, and we pack the truck tight so nothing shifts on I-35 or Loop 1604. It is a smart choice for military families on a PPM move and for anyone who wants to save money but still have trained movers on the heavy lifting.
Labor Only Movers
Live Oak is full of family homes on quiet streets, and our residential movers handle them from start to finish. Furniture gets wrapped in pads, beds and tables come apart and go back together, and floors and door frames are covered at both homes. Whether you are moving across town or to a new base, you get a written price before move day and a friendly crew that respects your home.
Residential MoversFAQs
The written estimate, not a general webpage, controls what is included in an individual move. The standard full-service features below apply to every Evolution local move.
Not included by default: full value protection above basic liability, custom crating, right-of-way permits where a lane closure is required, disposal of unwanted items, and third-party services such as appliance disconnection. Each is priced separately and shown on your estimate before you sign.
What’s Included
Live Oak moves run out of our San Antonio branch: same crews, same trucks, same written flat quote you would get on the San Antonio movers hub. Local rate card is 150/hr for 2 movers with a two-hour minimum, scaling to 368/hr for a 5-mover estate crew. Every Live Oak home gets the same box wrap, dolly-to-truck, drive, unload, reassemble sequence – no upsells at the door.
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The gap between a real crew and a phone-number crew shows up on the second flight of stairs. Every Live Oak job is dispatched from our San Antonio branch with in-house W-2 crews, and every quote is a written not-to-exceed cap you sign before the truck leaves the yard.
Local Information
The numbers people ask us about before they sign a lease.
| Measure | Live Oak |
|---|---|
| Overall cost of living index | 103 (US = 100) |
| Housing index | 106 |
| Median rent | $1,403 / mo |
| Median home value | $295,300 |
| State income tax | None |
Source: US Cost of Living, San Antonio TX, 2026. Refresh annually.
San Antonio runs about 3% above the national average overall, and the gap is almost entirely housing. Groceries, utilities, and transport sit close to the national line, and Texas has no state income tax, which is why the take-home comparison usually favors San Antonio even when rent does not.
Inside the city the spread is wide. A one bedroom in Uptown or Victory Park can cost nearly double the same floor plan in Lake Highlands or Oak Cliff, and property tax rates vary across San Antonio, Collin, and Denton counties. Budget for the tax line, not just the mortgage.
The Alamo and the River Walk anchor downtown San Antonio, with the Museum Reach extending the walk north to the Pearl.
The Pearl is a former brewery turned food hall, farmers market, and restaurant row on the north end of the River Walk.
Four Spanish colonial missions plus the Alamo make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site running south along the river.
King William's historic mansions sit next to Southtown's galleries, murals, and independent restaurants just south of downtown.
Brackenridge Park holds the San Antonio Zoo, the Japanese Tea Garden, and the Witte Museum, all minutes from downtown.
Fiesta San Antonio (late April) and Spurs playoff runs fill hotels and close streets - book moves in those windows three to four weeks ahead.
San Antonio is one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the US, drawing families with lower housing costs than Austin and a strong military and healthcare job base. That growth is why good move dates fill first at month end and around military PCS season, and why we book peak weekends three to four weeks out.
Getting around. I-10, I-35, Loop 410, and Loop 1604 carry most cross-town traffic and back up from 7-9 in the morning and 4-6:30 in the afternoon. VIA runs buses across the city, but San Antonio is still a car city.
What to set up first. Electricity and gas are through CPS Energy, water through SAWS. Texas gives new residents 30 days to transfer a driver license and register a vehicle after a safety inspection.
Weather. Summers run above 100°F from July into September, which drives our early-morning start times. Winters are mild; the bigger schedule risk is spring storms and flash flooding, so keep anything of value indoors and elevated.
11955 Parliament St #1308, San Antonio, TX 78216
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Evolution Moving is a family-owned, licensed, and insured moving company serving San Antonio and Bexar County from two locations, one central and one on the West Side, and has moved Texas families since 2013. Our San Antonio crews handle local moves, long-distance relocations, packing, and storage under one roof, backed by written not-to-exceed pricing and a two-week training program every mover completes before their first paid day. Every San Antonio move starts with a written not-to-exceed price, so what you sign at booking is what you pay on delivery. That is why 96% of our San Antonio work comes from referrals and repeat clients.
Your San Antonio quote is based on:
The price only changes if the scope changes: added items, added services, a new address or date, an extra stop, or materially different access. Any adjustment is documented and approved by you in writing before the work is performed.
